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HUBBARD, OF SAME PLAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,866, dated May l0, 1887.

Application filed December 21, 1885. Renewed February l5, 1887. Serial No, 227,732. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ANDREW HARDwIoK ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clio, in the county of Marlborough and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sash-Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in ro sash-holders; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of I5 a car-window with my improved sash-holder applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a reverse elevation ofthe holder. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line :v .c of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a detailed perspective view of the holder.

A represents a car-window frame, and B represents the sash, from the inner side of which projects a stud, C.

D represents the sash-holder, which is a metallic casting or plate, preferably of the form shown, and having a pivotal ear, d, at its upper left-hand corner, a projecting bolt, d', at its lower leftfhand corner, and a thumb-hold, d2, on its right edge.

On the inner side of the holder is made a recess, D', in the form of an inverted V, and in the apex of this recess is secured one end of a fiat spring, E, which extends downwardly in the recess.

The holder is pivoted to the sash by a screw,

F, and the stud C bears against the spring, causing the latter to keep the holder normally pressed against the side of the window-frame, and in the latter, at a suitable height, is made a recess, a. i

Vhen the sash is raised,the bolt on the holder I is forced into the recess c by the spring, and thus securely holds the sash. By pressing upon the thumb-hold d2 the bolt is released from the recess a, and the sash lnay be lowered.

No claim is made herein, broadly, to a i5 spring-actuated holder pivotcd to a sash for engaging a recess in the window-frame, as this is not my invention.

My improvement consists in providing the holder with a recess in which a spring is seA 5o cured to work against a stud provided for the sash, and this enables the holder to be very readily applied to the sash, only the pivotal screw F being required for this purpose. This effects an economy in the structure of the de- Vice, rendering it extremely cheap, simple, and durable.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The sashholder having the pivotal ear d, the o projecting bolt d', the thumb-hold cl2, and the inverted-V-shaped recess D', and the spring F, secured at one end in the apex of the recess, the other end of the spring being free, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDRE-NV HARDVICK ADAMS. lVitnesses:

S. B. HUBBARD,

T. l. Roenes. 

